Cigarette ash and spark protector



Ma 10, 1932. BJQDRNSTAD. 1,858,180

CIGARETTE ASH AND SPAYRIK PROTECTOR Filed Oct. 19, 1951 INVENTOR a ATTORNEY Patented May 10, 1932 umrao STATES PATENT OFFICE MILO L. BJORNSTAD, OF DULUTH, MINNESOTA CIGARETTE ASH AND smut]: raornc'ron Application filed October 19, 1931. Serial No. 569,782.

My present invention has reference to an improved cigarette holder which comprises and embodies an ash retainer or receptacle that also performs the functions of a shield against wind for a lighted cigarette when being smoked in the open air, especially when being smoked by drivers or occupants of automobiles .or like vehicles, and whereby the cigarette may beenjoyed with both comfort and safety inasmuch as the lighted ash from the cigarette cannot escape from the holder.

A further object is the provision of a cigarette holder of this character that permits of the cigarette being easily and firmly arranged in the mouth piece thereof and when so arranged the cigarette is concealed in a foraminous tube and has its outer end normally closed by a cap and which tube, when the cigarette is not being smoked may be moved over andeffectively held on the holder to produce a small package which can be conveniently carried in the pocket of the user.

To the attainment of the foregoing the invention consists in the improvement hereinafter described and definitely. claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a cigarette holder in accordance with this invention.

Figure 2 is an approximately longitudinal sectional view therethrough.

Figure 3 is a side elevation showing the protective sleeve of the holder moved over the mouth piece thereof to produce a small package.

Figure 4: is a sectional view approximately on the line 44: of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a sectional view approximately on the line 55 of Figure 2.

The holder proper embodies a single member 1 that includes both a mouth piece and a holder. The outer end of the mouth piece has its bore enlarged and is from thence provided with a tapered opening. The enlarged portion of the bore is threaded and receives therein the threaded stem 2 of a hollow conical member 3 which is grooved or serrated transversely, as at 4, and the part 4 provides a roughened surface to be engaged by the inner end of a cigarette 5.

The body of the holder from its outer end is round in cross section and this rounded portion is provided with rightangularly disposed equidistantly spaced longitudinal grooves 6 and these grooves receive therein the longitudinally arranged reinforcing wires 7 for the reticulated or mesh :tube 8that affords the protector for the holder. The outer end of the tube 8 has hingedly secured thereto a reticulated disc in the nature of adoor 9 that is normally held in closed position by a spring latch 10. Both the inner and outer ends of the tube 8 are reinforced by metal rings or bands 11 and 12, respectively.

While I have stated that a portion of the mouth piece provided with the grooves 6 is round in cross section the same is tapered as is the reticulated tubular protector 8. The reinforcing wires 7 are designed to be received in the grooves 6 and because of the flared or conical formation of the grooved drawn outwardly from the said mouth piece.

The cigarette will be firmly gripped by the grooved or serrated member 3 and after lighting the door 9 is closed and latched. The tube 8 is of fine wire mesh so that lighted sparks cannot escape therefrom. As a matter-offact, the burnt ash which falls from the cigarette cannot freely fall between the interstices of the mesh so that the member 8 not only serves to prevent the passage of light-ed ashes therethrough and the destruction which results therefrom but also prevents the dropping of the ashes as the cigarette is being consumed. A cigarette smoked in a holder in accordance with my invention will add to the pleasure of the smoker as the same insures a convenient and reliableineans for holding the same when in use.

Having described the invention, I claim:

1. A cigarette holder including a mouth piece having a taperei'l portion and provided with an opening that communicates with its smoke passage and in which one end of a cigarette is received, a reticulated tubular member which is flared from one to its second end and which has reinforcing wires on its inner end and which wires are received in the grooves of the mouth piece and said reticulated tube being limited by its tapered formation when moved outwardly on the mouth piece to conceal the cigarette there 2. A cigarette holder including a mouth piece having a tapered portion and provided with an opening that communicates with its smoke passage and in which one end of a cigarette is received, a reticulated tubular member which is flared from one to its second end and which has reinforcing wires on its inner end and which wires are received in the grooves of the mouthpiece and said reticulated tube being limited by its tapered formation when moved outwardly on the mouth piece to conceal the cigarette therein, a hinged reticulated disc closure for the outer end of the tube and a spring latch for holding the closurein closed position.

3. A cigarette holder including a mouth piece having a tapered portion and provided with an opening that communicates with its smoke passage and in which one end of a cigarette is received, a reticulated tubular member which is flared from one to its second end and which has reinforcing wires on its inner end and which wires are received in the a grooves of the mouth piece and said reticulated tube being limited by its tapered formation when moved outwardly on the mouth piece to conceal the cigarette therein, a hinged reticulated disc closure for the outer end of the tube and a spring latch-,for holding the closure in closed position, and a tapered and serrated hollow member arranged in the cigarette receiving end of the mouth piece.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

MILO L. BJORNSTAD. 

